Rubber boa

Coastal rubber boa

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Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Boidae
Genus: Charina
Species:
C. bottae
Binomial name
Charina bottae
(Blainville, 1835)
Synonyms
  • Tortrix bottae
    Blainville, 1835
  • Charina bottae
    Gray, 1849
  • Wenona plumbea
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Wenona isabella
    Baird & Girard, 1852
  • Pseudoeryx bottae
    Jan, 1862
  • Charina plumbea
    Cope, 1883
  • Charina bottæ
    Boulenger, 1893

The rubber boa (Charina bottae) is a species of snake in the family Boidae and is native to western North America. It is sometimes known as the coastal rubber boa or the northern rubber boa and is not to be confused with the southern rubber boa (Charina umbratica).